The couple days after dying my hair, I only use conditioner, whether deep conditioning or regular depending on how badly my scalp is flaking and how much it's itching. And every three days I use shampoo with my conditioner. I don't really focus as much on my strands as I do the roots and scalp.. Massage the conditioner in as much as you deem necessary (couple minutes) and then let it sit on the scalp for a few minutes (1-3).. Unless your strands are really dry, I don't really focus on moisturizing them as much.. Since dying my hair, head & shoulders and other dandruff shampoos have not really worked..deep conditioners have been a big help

Anonymous wrote:I just colored my hair a dark brown and my scalp is itchy whenever I color my hair a dark color this happens but, when I color it blonde I don't have this problem. What should I do?

I have the exact opposite problem, my scalp burns and itches if I do blond highlights or very light brown...but no itching/etc if I dye it brownish/darker. Annoying...

I just colored my hair a dark brown and my scalp is itchy whenever I color my hair a dark color this happens but, when I color it blonde I don't have this problem. What should I do?

yes i have its best to color on very dirty oily hair or pay more and color with no amonia they have this colors in pr&partners from loreal, i forgot the name, they also sell in grocery stores called olia from garnier but i think secret is oily hair if its clean it itches

Mine used to itch and I found two things that made it stop.

1. As others said, make sure your scalp is "dirty" - you need the oils to protect it. Its says so on most boxes.
2. I stopped leaving the cheap conditioner that came with the kit on my hair for long. Turns out some of the reaction was to the cheap conditioner, not the hair dye.

I have Lupus. Starting to gray and I decided to go with an Organic hair dye. I went to a professional salon to get it colored. Worst mistake ever. After an hour my scalp got so irritated. It lasted about over a week. It was so painful.My hair is black and where the gray was coming she highlighed them a ugly brassy gold color. I have no idea how im going to fix it. So afraid to color my hair again. Ughhh!!! What should I do???

Whole foods have a line of hair dye (I am forgetting the name), and while a bit pricey ($17), it may be worth a try. Less chemicals in them.

i dye my hair at home and everytime i do the next day the itching starts.. I was using a color safe shampoo but that only makes the itching worse so i changed back to a regular apple shampoo and hoping that might take some of the itch away.